Kurt Andersen is author of Heyday and Turn of the Century, and frequently writes for New York and Vanity Fair. He is host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360. In 2006, he founded Very Short
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Kurt Andersen is author of
Heyday and
Turn of the Century, and frequently writes for
New York and
Vanity Fair. He is host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360. In 2006, he founded Very Short List, an e-mail service for connoisseurs of culture who would never call themselves “connoisseurs.” He was co-founder of
Spy magazine, and has been a columnist and critic for
The New Yorker and
Time. Andersen lives with his wife and daughters in Brooklyn.